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The first stage: The protest against the building of a new international airport in the PIckering area started with a huge mass meeting
The first stage: The protest against the building of a new international airport in the PIckering area started with a huge mass meeting

The first stage: The protest against the building of a new international airport in the PIckering area started with a huge mass meeting

Date6/20/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: The first stage: The protest against the building of a new international airport in the PIckering area started with a huge mass meeting.
Country:Canada
Building, monument or park:Pickering Airport (1970s)
City, town or township:Pickering
Province or state:Ontario
Region or district:Durham (Ont. : Regional municipality)
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011547F
Chairman Hugh Miller (right) addresses North Pickering ratepayers who gathered in a house in Brougham last night to protest building a new airport and(...)
Chairman Hugh Miller (right) addresses North Pickering ratepayers who gathered in a house in Brougham last night to protest building a new airport and(...)
3/3/1972
Airport foes 'Bury' pickering. Carrying coffin, procession of marchers walks to Queen's Park today for mock funeral for Pickering and surrounding area(...)
Airport foes 'Bury' pickering. Carrying coffin, procession of marchers walks to Queen's Park today for mock funeral for Pickering and surrounding area(...)
6/15/1972
Lunch hour demonstration protests Metro's new airport, Adults and young people carried placards in the latest of a series of demonstrations against c(...)
Lunch hour demonstration protests Metro's new airport, Adults and young people carried placards in the latest of a series of demonstrations against c(...)
7/4/1972
Young and angry: Post-secondary students stage protest yesterday against cutbacks in funding of universities and colleges
Young and angry: Post-secondary students stage protest yesterday against cutbacks in funding of universities and colleges
10/17/1991
Heads up: Huge caricatures of the seven summit leaders, carried from Queen's Park rally, were later thrown on to a bonfire started to burn the American flag
Heads up: Huge caricatures of the seven summit leaders, carried from Queen's Park rally, were later thrown on to a bonfire started to burn the American flag
6/19/1988
The second stage: Protesters marched to Queen's Park last week for a mock funeral during second step in opposing construction of new airport
The second stage: Protesters marched to Queen's Park last week for a mock funeral during second step in opposing construction of new airport
6/19/1972
Teachers with signs mass outside Queen's Park in their one-day demonstration against Education Minister Thomas Wells' bill to retroactively prohibit r(...)
Teachers with signs mass outside Queen's Park in their one-day demonstration against Education Minister Thomas Wells' bill to retroactively prohibit r(...)
1/18/1973
Forest of Placards are raised today at gigantic rally of Metro teachers at Queen's Park in a mass demonstration against the Ontario government's bill (...)
Forest of Placards are raised today at gigantic rally of Metro teachers at Queen's Park in a mass demonstration against the Ontario government's bill (...)
12/18/1973
Students protest work-to-rule, Shouting we want respect, Mississauga students at Loyola Catholic Secondary School stage a protest yesterday. [Incomplete]
Students protest work-to-rule, Shouting we want respect, Mississauga students at Loyola Catholic Secondary School stage a protest yesterday. [Incomplete]
5/28/1993
Pickering resident Gordon Auld hopes that since Ontario won't build access roads for the Pickering Airport at present, he may not have to move after a(...)
Pickering resident Gordon Auld hopes that since Ontario won't build access roads for the Pickering Airport at present, he may not have to move after a(...)
7/10/1975
The illegal occupants of a house on the Pickering airport site heard of Ontario's decision to oppose the airport, Frances Moore says, but she and two (...)
The illegal occupants of a house on the Pickering airport site heard of Ontario's decision to oppose the airport, Frances Moore says, but she and two (...)
9/24/1975
Bulldozers attack house on Pickering airport site today while two members of anti-airport movement were inside
Bulldozers attack house on Pickering airport site today while two members of anti-airport movement were inside
9/25/1975